--- title: Friends Cafe in Singapore Charging a $720 Membership Fee description: How much do you like Friends? canonical: https://time.com/4546154/friends-cafe-central-perk-singapore/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T16:27:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:01.560Z og:title: A Singapore Friends Cafe is Charging A $720 Membership Fee og:description: How much would you pay to hang out at Central Perk? og:url: https://time.com/4546154/friends-cafe-central-perk-singapore/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0010bd5de008d234/6988abac5f570f414fb23092/friends.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2565 og:image:height: 1443 og:image:alt: Matt Le Blanc Matthew Perry Courteney Cox Jennifer Aniston David Schwimmer And Lisa Kudrow og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Singapore Friends Cafe is Charging A $720 Membership Fee twitter:description: How much would you pay to hang out at Central Perk? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0010bd5de008d234/6988abac5f570f414fb23092/friends.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This _Friends_ Cafe Is Charging How Much For Membership?! > Sponsored content. 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(Photo By Getty Images) Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 26, 2016 4:27 PM UTC [_Friends_](http://time.com/4012752/friends-alternate-ending-phoebe-fan/?iid=sr-link4) fans may want to book a ticket to Asia, because Singapore is getting its very own [Central Perk](http://time.com/3386614/friends-20th-anniversary-central-perk/?iid=sr-link1). But make sure to bring your checkbook—and not just for the coffee. A replica of the coffee shop where Monica and Chandler fell in love, Ross and Rachel sipped lattes, [Phoebe](http://time.com/4507557/courteney-cox-lisa-kudrow-friends-trivia/?iid=sr-link4) sang [“Smelly Cat”](http://time.com/3475190/colbie-caillat-friends-smelly-cat-central-perk/?iid=sr-link3) and Joey did whatever it is Joey does, is slated to open in Singapore’s Central Mall on Nov. 24\. However, this permanent addition to Singapore’s coffee scene is also a club with a hefty membership fee. According to Central Perk Singapore’s [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/centralperksingapore/), members will get to skip the line, bring in guests, make reservations for the couch where all the Central Perk action happened, and more. The cost? $1000 Singapore dollars a year (that’s about $720 U.S.). While the owner told Singapore paper [_Today_](http://www.todayonline.com/lifestyle/food/friends-inspired-central-perk-cafe-s1000-membership-fee-identify-core-fans) that casual fans will still be able to visit the café, he says that several people have already signed up. He added: “We will not be lowering the membership fee. It wouldn’t be fair to those who have purchased it.” \[H/T [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/10/26/friends-cafe-singapore-membership/?utm%5Fcid=hp-n-1#22YqsYm9riqL)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546154/friends-cafe-central-perk-singapore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546154/friends-cafe-central-perk-singapore/"},"headline":"This Friends Cafe Is Charging How Much For Membership?!","datePublished":"2016-10-26T16:27:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:01.560Z","description":"Only Chandler could afford it","url":"https://time.com/4546154/friends-cafe-central-perk-singapore/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","nostalgia","Friends","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0010bd5de008d234/6988abac5f570f414fb23092/friends.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0010bd5de008d234/6988abac5f570f414fb23092/friends.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Matt Le Blanc Matthew Perry Courteney Cox Jennifer Aniston David Schwimmer And Lisa Kudrow","caption":"Matt Le Blanc Matthew Perry Courteney Cox Jennifer Aniston David Schwimmer And Lisa Kudrow","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4546154/friends-cafe-central-perk-singapore/","name":"This Friends Cafe Is Charging How Much For Membership?!"}}]}] ```